On 16/12/11 17:01, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions wrote:
On 12/16/2011 10:34 AM, Christian Lohmaier wrote:Hi *, On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 3:42 PM, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions<webmaster@krackedpress.com> wrote:I know we use Silverstripe CMS for the service, but I was wondering if anyone tested out Tiki Wiki while looking for the CMS package to be used by TDF?Nope - as the website is not to be edited by "everyone" just like the wiki is, but editing the main website should be restricted to "trusted" people.Or, do anyone know someone who uses it? My hosting company has these three CMS packages usable for my account; MediaWiki, pmWiki, Twiki.It depends on what you're aiming for. Editing by the public/everybody, then a wiki will do, editing by a restricted bunch → a "regular" cms will do.I have read some articles about "personal clouds", i.e. CMS packages used as clouds, and this was the only one that my hosting service has available from their very short list of CMS/cloud packages that can be used for personal use.Sorry, don't understand what that implies regarding the features/requirements for the cms.I have a friend that really needs to use a personal web-based system that is like a cloud with CMS options. I thought of what TDF uses, but wanted to find something easier to use by less-tech-savvy people.Oh, check out the silverstripe 3 preview then - the UI got revamped. Or check out the wiki/front-end editing modules. (also the blog module allows creation of posts from the frontend - if that is what you mean "more suited for less tech savy").So I am asking if anyone here has any knowledge of the three packages listed above, or at least Tiki Wiki [Twiki]? Since TDF did not just choose a CMS package without testing a few, I was hoping that maybe someone tested one of the ones I can access.What I learned when choosing a CMS: Don't trust words, try it for yourself. That's really the only real advice I can give you. Think about what is important for you. Need to change the visual appearance/the theme? then look what template framework is used. Wikis are hard to theme "nicely" - you'll almost always notice right from the beginning that you're looking at a wiki.... How many people will edit, do the people know html, etc. And for the website, a wiki was not taken into account (as wiki is a separate instance anyway, with different focus). ciao ChristianWhat the article states is that Tiki Wiki and a few others would be good to use as "personal clouds". What I think the guy wants is something "the family" could update or post files there for download. He is into geneology for the extended families. Also he is into other things that would require a cloud system to store the files, since he uses "public" library computers to do most of his work. He relies on me and others to place files online in places where he could either reference the files or copy them to the web work area he is using for the combination web page and file storage. The place is not the best for what he wants. The following is listed for the CMS option for my hosting service. SilverStripe is listed there, but I have had issues with the UI: anyInventory , Drupal, Joomla!®, Mambo, MODx, Moodle, Nucleus, PostNuke, SilverStripe, Xoops. He would never be able to figure out SilverStripe's UI. He is not very computer savvy. I do not want to be the one hosting the pages AND do the creation/editing for him, which might be a possibility if it is not easy to use for him. He is slightly cracked.
SilverStripe is still a horrible and slow CMS, with next to no support for anything, unless you hack it to death and have direct access to the server it runs on. Why it was chosen when so much spoke against it, are just a mystery. I would certainly go for something like Drupal or Joomla, which have a broad community, lot of international users, an excellent selection of modules, available professional support, and actually web managable. Sorry SilverStripe team, this might work for you, but it's certainly not a good solution for others to use. I might have to migrate the Norwegian LibreOffice site to a working solution if this situation doesn't improve soon. I don't have access to the server, but I can still fully manage a site (somewhat dead) due to the correct choice of an solution, as shown here: http://login.kristshell.net/~olorin/snapshot44.png – Olav -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to website+help@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/website/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
